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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-12-30
A UDITOR'S NOTICE.
ESTATE OF SARAH A. Eek, DEcrAsEp.

The undersigned, an Auditor appointed by the
the fund 10 the hands or Joseph H. Eek admir-
OF Sarah A, Eek, as per account filed In Orphans
viii attend TO the duties OF his appointment al his
nnce In Berwick, Columbia county on Friday,
January 81 1883 at O'Clock a. m, when and
whert all parties interested are required to make
theiI claims known, or be forever debHrred from
coming In on said fund c. b. JACKSON,
uec23 Auditor.
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DEATH OF Mr.. MANNING.
he DIES PEACEFULLY, IN 1.-THE
PRESENCE OF HIS FAMILY.

Ne Retained His Mental Faculties to the
Last.-Brief Sketch of the Dead Mans
Career - From the Printing once to
the Cabinet.
ALBANY, Dec. 24.-Ex-Seoretary Of the
Treasury Daniel Manning died at :S2 o'clock
this afternoon at the residence Of his SON,
James II. Manning. on Lancaster street
Death came very peacefully. Since early
morning the spark Of life gradually flickered
until the light was out and the
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life done. He died
in the presence Of
his family, those
around his bedside
being Mrs. Daniel
Manning, Mr.. and
M RS. Jam es Fl.
Manning, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick G.
M a n n in g, Mrs.
John E. Delehanty.
Miss M airy e.
M a n n in &, NJ r.
William ]. Fryer
and Mr.. Robert L.
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DIED ON HIS BIRTHDAY.

Maj. Haggerty. the Well-Known Lawyer.
Succumbs to Pneumonia.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-Ex-Assemblyma
James Haggerty, who served with distinc-
ton in the state assembly for several terms,
died at 7:l5 yesterday morning, his SD
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TWO FRAME DWELLING HOUSES,

frame stable and other outbuildings All kinds Of
fruit on the premises
TERMS OF sALE:-Ten per cent. Of one fourth
Of the purchase money to be paid at the striking
down OF the property; the one-fourth less the ten
per cent. at the confirmation absolute, and the
naming three-fourth in one year thereafter with
interest from confirmation nsi. Possession to be
given April l, 1883. Deed to be made at the ex-
pense Of the purchaser. All personal property on
the premises reserved.
ENOS JACOBY,
KELLER HERRING, Attys- Trustee.
December 80, ss7.
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NNNN Sea wonders exist In thousands of
IIEEp forms, but are surpassed by the marvels OF
HAAk invention Those who are In need OF prof.
liable work that can be done while living
at home should at once send their address 10
Hallet Co.. Portland, Maine, and receive free,
full Information how either sex, OF all ages. can
earn from IS TO teo Fer day and upwards wher.
ever they live. You are started free. Capital noe
required Some have made over $50 In single
day ~ this work. All succeed. iydecao
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READING, Pa, Dec. 2S.-Charles E. Wan
namacher, prominent iron founder Of this
city, died yesterday OF heart disease, aged so
years
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A UDITOR'S NOTICE.

Account or Anna Conner surp fptn0 partner or the
HiTn OF h. Peterman.
The undersigned Auditor, appointed by the
Court OF Common Pleas OF Columbia county to
distribute the fund In the hands OF the accountant
to and among the parties enti led thereto, will sit
at his otlice, In Bloomsburg, on saturday. January
poses OF his appointment, when and where all per-
sons must appear and prove their claims or be de-
barred from any share OF said fund.
dec24-4t GEO. K. ELWELL, Auditor.
NOTICE.-The policy holders of the
~ Briarcfeek M Farmers p & Mutual Insurance nee
hall OF the Centre Grange p. OF ii. In Centre
township, Columbia county, Pa, on Monday, the
9th day OF January, 1888. between the hours OF 10
a. M and p. m, for the purpose of electing Dl-
rectors for the ensuing year, and for transactlng
such other business as may properly come before
said Company. SAMUEL NEYHARD,
dec23 Secretary.
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NOTICE.

An election for Directors Of the Catawissa De-
posit Bank will be held at the office OF the Bank
In Catawissa, ON Tuesday, January 10 lSsSS pc
tween the hours OF 10 O'Clock a. M and O'CLOCK
p m. g. Nj. TUSTIN,
dec23- st. Cashier.
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1 UDITOR'S NOTICE.

ESTATE OF GEORGE W. vASNATTA
The undersigned Auditor appointed by the
Court OF Common Pleas OF Columbia county. Pa
20 distribute proceeds In hands OF the Court, arts,
ing from sheriffs sale OF the real estate III Geo
w. Nannatta, 10 and among the several creditors
entitled thereto, win sit at his ONCE with o. W.
Miller In Bloomsbury on Friday, the 9th day OF
January, lsss. at 10 O'Clock a. m, when and where
all parties Interested must appear and present
snare oi said fund. A. N. YoST,
DecSO. Auditor,
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saco's Young Bank Defaulter Released.
HALIFAX, N. s., Dec. 26.-McNeally, the
Gan.a hnnk dafa nlfar uaa ralaaa sad h,r Tho
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TRUSTEES SALE
OF VALUABLE
Real Estate !

Pursuant to an order Of the orphans Court Of
columbia county, Pa, the undersigned trustee,
appointed by said Court for that purpose, will ex-
pose to public sale, on the premises, on
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1888,
at 10 O'Clock a. M, the following described real
estate, to-wit: All that certain lot or piece Of
land, situate in the town of Bloomsbury, on the
south side Of Second or Main street Of said town.
the head of Scott Town hill; and bounded on the
north by second Main street, on the east by lot
of j. p. Pursel's estate, on the south by Bloom
alley Of said town, and on the west by Pine alley
of said town, Being sixtysix feet four inches front
on said second or Main street, and two hundred
and fourteen feet deep on which are erected
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Killed While Coasting.

JAMESTOWN, N. Y, Dec. 2S.-Late yester.
day AFTERNOON while two boys were coasting
down Fairmount avenue across West Third
street, they ran into a street car, passing
just behind the horses. Que of the boys, a
son of Harvey Hevenor, a weliknown mer-
chant, had his head crushed by the wheels,
and dIed in few minutes. He was Yeas
old. Tho other boy, named Weible, WIS
badly injured about the shoulders and head,
but is expected to recover.
Does Connecticut Recognize Gamblingf
CAMDEN, N. j., Dec. 2a.-In the district
court yesterday David Conroy, a saloon
keeper of Rockhill, Conn, brought suit
against George Purnell, a mill hand, who
recently removed to Camden from Rockhill,
for $l1. Is, being bill contracted at Con-
roy's saioon in the latter part of 1884. Part
of the bill is for drinks and part for money
loaned at the gaming table. The New Jersey
law does not recognize the validity Of gam
bling debts, and so the judge would have
dismissed the case. Conroy claimed, how
ever, that Connecticut recognized the valid
ity OF such debts, and so the court put off
the case to allow Conroy to prove the case.
Ancient Order Of United workmen.
SCRANTON, Pa, Dec 24.-Grand Master
Workman William A. Dongan, of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen, was in
Scranton his week. He said that there are
now 10000 members of the order in the
United States and Canada
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His Body Cut In Two.

READING, Pa, Dec. "a. William J. Pow
ers, conductor on the Reading railroad
freight line, stepped of car while in mo-
tion last evening and slipped on the ice, his
body falling across the tracks. He was cut
in two. The accident occurred at the water
station.
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He swallowed His Teeth.

SHARON, Pa, Dec. A.-James Caldwell,
Middlescx farmer, is in all probability the
most unhappy man in western Pennsylvania.
A few days ago the vulcanizsd rubber plate
which held his false teeth in position broke
while he was eating, and piece of the plate
over two incnes long and containing several
teeth passed down his gullet and into his
stomach, where it lodged. Shortly after he
was seized with violent pains approaching
commissions, and since that time has been
unable to remain in any one position for
more than a few minutes, owing TO his suf-
ferings. He summoned physicians, and the
only consolation they could afford him
was that fs might be prolonged short
time, yet fatal results must inevitably ensue.
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CNOMBS OF ALL KINDS, WELL SELECTED, AND
" at very low prices at j. II. MERGERS Drug and
Book store, third door above Iron street, Blooms
burg, Pa.
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MARkEr REroRTs.
BLOOMSBURY MARKET.

Coal ON WHARF.
No o $2.00; Nos Q 8, & Lump 1926
No. o $500 Bituminus $S,26
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r ICENSE NOTI( E.

No, Ice is hereby given that the following named
persons have fled with the Clerk OF the Court
Of Quarter Sessions Of the Peace OF Column
bia county their petitions for License, viii ch
the sixteenth day of January, A d 1888, at ten
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WALL PAPER-MANY KINDS AND MANY
w prtces-at Mercer's Drug and Book Store,
opposite Episcopal Church, Bloomsburg, Pa
1unes, ,1y,87.
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NJ URSlNG BOTTLES. NIPPLES, RUBBER RAT
! ties, Teething Rings and all requisites OF The
Nursery that Will contribute to the baby's happi-
ness, at j. II. Mercer's Drug and Book StOre two
doors above Evans Eyer's Clothing Store.
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TOILET AND INFANT POWDERS ROUGE
i Cosmetic and gold and silver Diamond Dust,
at j. II. Mercer's Drug and Book Store, No 68 Main
street, Bloomsburg, Pa.
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Clerk OF Court, Quarter Sessions
Clerks once, Bloomsbury, Pa, Dec. 80, 1881.
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A Ii THE FINEST EXTRACTS = COLOGNE
IA Sachets, Pomades, Hair Dyes and Bay Rum
at j. II. Mercer's Drug and Book store, Evans
Block, opposite Episcopal Church.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-01-20
SHE HAD TO DIE.

A Chicken Which Was Altogether to Ex'
pensivc to Live.
She rushed to the telephone and rung
it madly. They connected her with the
veterinary surgeon and her message
was brief and concise.
Come right out. You're wanted at
once. Don't wait for the car, but
take coupe. and get out as quick as
you can"
And he came rushing out.
"What is itp'
"Poor Henrietta Maria! She's very
sick"
Henrietta Mariap Who's sheI"
'Oh, she's very sick"
81 suppose it's new mare she's been
buying" the doctor said to himself.
"Where is shep"
''She's lying on a lot of straw in a
warm corner of the stable, and oh, doc
tor, I'm afraid she will die, You must
save her"
So they rushed out together to the
stable.
He didn't see any sick mare, but she
led him into a corner and pointed to
something there, very small.
"What is it?"
"lt's Henrietta Maria, my pet chicken.
She's so sick"
The vet was something taken aback.
but he laughed, and having examined
the chicken, and done something for it,
he departed. 1t was week later, and
her husband looked up from his dinner.
"By the way, my dear, | paid the vet
bill to day. / don't recollect sending
for him. but he sad you knew about it.
You never told me that he had been
here.
'Oh, / forgot dear. want you to
go into Jones when you 60 down to-
morrow and tell them to save me
some"
"Yes, but what was the vet up there
about?'
"A had aletter from New York to-day
and they're all just disappointed to
death because"
"Yes; but what did you do with the
vet?"
at was for Henrietta Maria"
WHO is Henrietta Maria?"
at was-she is-well-she is s
chicken, and she was taken sick"
'sGreat Scott! chicken! a six-bi
chickenl and here's the bill:
"For services, SIS; for coupe, $3.50
total, $3.50"
"Anna" Ito seTyan), tell Lee L
ring Henrietta Maria's neck and cool
her for dinner tomorrow night 1t i
not every day fellow can eat a S17.5I
chicken She's too expensive to live
--Saa EraIactSco JoErHas.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-01-20
STYLES IN ADVERTISING.
What Reliable brooklyn Expert Has ia
Say About Them.

What a Reliable Brooklyn Expert Has to
Say About Them.
1.-THE style of advertising has greatly
changed within the past few years,
said gentleman in charge of the ad-
vertising department of one of Brook
lyn's largest dry goods establishments.
IAN advertisement to command atten-
ton must be original. The public have
tired of such ads. as John Smith will
receive his customers at his old stand.'
or Blank & Blank sell dry goods
cheaper than any other house in town.
The present generation is progressive,
and to attract attention one must be
original. Old fashioned ads. are
played out. In former years, even in
such big houses as Stewards in New
York, the clerk at the button counter
was delegated in his off moments to
write the advertisements for. the news
papers. Now all is changed. Every
large business house has its separate
advertising department. Some houses
even employ as many as two and three
men to look after their advertising
Since the pictorial craze has obtained
such foothold many firms head their
columns with pictures descriptive of the
goods offered for sale. And then
the ad. must be written
so as to attract the eye of the reader.
If firm has quantity of underwear
to sell, it is folly to say SO in the first
line. First get your reader interested.
Talk about the North Pole say that il
is cold in that region and incidentally
mention that winter is coming and that
underwear at this season is not an map
propriate subject. And then, in a con-
fidential way, tell the reader that your
firm has many cases of underwear pur-
chased at bankrupt sale, perhaps,
which will be sold at one-half its value.
Intersperse if you like witty saying
here and there, but unless you wish to
kill your ad. in the first line give prices.
Ten years ago prices were never given.
Now an ad. commands but little atten-
ton unless prices are attached"
"Do you believe in the value of adver
tisingP"
Certainly. We're it not for newspa.
per advertising and advertising by mail
many firms would not be doing busi-
ness. When one looks back and notes
the difference between newspaper adver-
Using twenty years ago and to-day, the
changes which have taken place are
marvellous. How many fortunes have
been made by simply booming an infe-
rior patent medicine Newspaper adj
vertising is yet in its infancy and Lhope
for great things in the future. BROOK
lyn Eagle.
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gale of wind is blowing that carries
away some of the sails and spars, or
when the vessel is nearing lard in a
stiff breeze, there is unceasing labor for
the tar. 1t is thrilling sound. the cry
of "All hands shorten sail, and no sea-
man can tell when he will be able to 90
below again. But on board a good ship
in a strong gale, far out at sea, there is
comparatively little actual work when
the labor of furling the necessary sails
has been accomplished. 1t is all watch
ing.and waiting, the hoping that some
thing will not carry away, and cause
some. nasty work aloft- The seas sweep
over the deck, and render all painting,
chipping of iron rust, and polishing of
brass-work impossible. The helmsman
has the hard task then of keeping the
ship from being continually flooded by
the laundering waves.
After all, it is not too much to affirm
that the calling of the sailor is one OF
the hardest on the face of the globe. He
lives on floating house of business
which is always carrying him into un-
expected labors, and there is consider
able truth is the old nautical saying that
"work at sea is never done. .o-Brooktyn
Eagle.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-01-20
GREAT QuACKS.
Medical Frauds Whose Names Are Re-
corded in the Pages of History.


The great London quack of the time
of Charles ii. was DR.. Thomas Saffold.
He was originally a weaver, but adopt
ed the more paying business of pre-
tending to cure all diseases and profess
ing to foretell the destinies of his pa
tients. The apothecaries of that time
not only acted as medical quacks, but
also as fortune-tellers. Queen Anne
had weak eyes, and was an enthusiastic
patron of vulgar ignorance in the form
of eye-doctors. Two of them she fam
cied especially; and one of these, Will
lam Reade, she made Baronet, al
though he was most wretchedly igno-
rant, as "Short and Exact Account OF
All the Diseases Incidentto the Eyes"
which he published, remains to testify.
Reade was a worthless tailor, but he
stepped into fashionable and paying
practice after he. obtained the royal
favor He was unable to read the book
which he wrote (by the hano of a scrbe),
but that made no difference to the
wealthy fools, his patrons. The
Queens other favorite quack oculist
was Roger Grant, retired cobbler and
Anabaptist preacher. Grant was in the
habit Of publishing minute accounts of
his cures, mostly tissue of lies, but
with enough truth interviewer to give a
semblance of probability. His favorite
plan was to secure some poor person
whose sight was imperfect, and after
giving him money and medicines for a
few weeks persuade him to sign testi-
monial that he had been born blind and
had never enjoyed the sense of sight
until Providence had led him to DR..
Grant, who had cured him in little more
than month. If he could buy GER
tifcate from the clergymen and church
wardens of the parish where the alleged
patient lived, to the effect that the testi-
monial was true, very well; if he could
not obtain genuine documents of this
kind he could always find people to
forge them for small sum. The recent
impudent certificates, apparently signed
by numerous prominent people, attest
ing the virtues of brand of bit
ters made in an Eastern city,
show that the guacks of this
order are still to be found ply
ing their infamous trade. The most
famous-and learned, for the time
physicians of that age, did not disdain
to deal in secret nostrums. Thus, Sir
Hans Sloane sold an eye salve, and DR..
Meade remedy for hydrophobia. Con-
sequently the quacks were justified in
making What they could out Of a public
which was not too intelligent to be
swindled by their most renowned ply
sicians. The doctors, at least, had no
reasonable ground for complaint. In
the Spectator for July 27, 17l4, there is
an amusing account of typical quack
of the period, and Steele has recorded
some capital anecdotes of these gentry.
One of them claimed he could cure
cataracts "because he had lost an eye in
the Emperor's service" This evidence
of ability was thought all sufficient by
the good people who patronized him.
One fellow, calling himself DR.. Katter-
felto, travelled about with large cage
containing a number of black cats, which
seemed equal to modern diploma in
the way of inspiring confidence in his
powers. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-01-20
STORIES OF LINCOLN.
villa m ii. Herndon's "Reminiscences o
the Martyr President.

the Martyr President.
Lincoln's old law partner, William
Fl. Herndon, was seen at the rooms of
the 'Lincoln Memorial Collection" en-
tertaining several interested listeners
with "reminiscences of the great man
during his career as an Illinois attor-
ney.
"Yes," said Mr.. Herndon, 81 could
always tell when Lincoln was in good
hnmor or not by observing him as he
entered the Office at nine or half-past
nine in the morning. If every thing
was serene and pleasant he would take
seat in one of our wooden chairs,
throw his feet over the stove and begin
telling yarns. Hewould keep this up
until dinner time, and very little work
would be done through the forenoon.
If, on the other hand, matters had
not been as pleasant as they
might be, he would drop into the
office in a quiet, unobtrusive way
and, after taking seat, would pro-
ceed to make his breakfast on crackers
and cheese. Sometimes his depression
would wear off in an hour or SO and his
genial, sunshiny disposition reassert
itself. He was not great student.
He was what is called case lawyer.
Given a case he would first famliarze
himself with ali the facts and then look
up the reports containing similar ad-
Indicated cases. He was sympathetic
at all times and never bitter or abusive.
1--WE had an odd way of keeping our
accounts. We never kept any books,
but when we were paid fee would SIM
ply divide it. When Lincoln was out
on the circuit making money he did just
the same as when at home. If he re-
ceived a ten-dollar note for services he
would take five dollars, and, wrapping
a piece of paper around 1t, with the
simple word 'Billy'-that's what he
always called me-written thereon
would place it in his pocketbook.
asked him one day why he did this and
his reply was: We'll, if should hap
pen to die with some of your money in
my pocket how would any one know it
ii III WISH uldT hcu@ lu6 luot ACo L
divided with h m was shortly before his
Inauguration as President. had re-
ceived five hundred dollars from an es-
tate for which our firm had been doing
business, and when / offered Mr.. Lin
coin the money he refused to take il
until told him where it came from.
"His love ailairsP Oh, well, | can
recall two cases, and believe the first
one, where the young lady died, had
more to do with his sadness in after life
than anything else. The young lady
was Miss Ann Rutledge, who came to
| Illinois from the South. She had been
engaged prior to her meeting with Mr..
Lincoln, but falling to hear from the
young man came to believe that he did
not care for her. Mr.. Lincoln was very
attentive, and after a time they became
engaged. A few months before they
were to be married she died. The blow
was severe one to Mr.. Lincoln, and il
was several years before he ceased talk
ing about her. He was rejected by a
young lady in 1887, and from that time
until 1912, when he married Miss Todd,
he was not especially attentive to any
| one"
Mr. Herndon has practically retired
from the law, and is engaged in farming
about six miles north of Springfield
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